LiveScience Topics: Elephants

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  Wise Elephants Fear Roads

  Forest elephants are steering clear of Africa roads where poaching is rampant.

• How Brachiosaurs Got So Huge

  Scientists figure out how vegetarian dinosaurs grew so giant.

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  Animals Set to Auction Their Art

  Artwork by zoo animals will be auctioned live online.

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  Elephants' Legendary Memories Help Herds Survive

  Study suggests elephant memories can help herds through hard times.

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  Woolly Mammoths Existed in Two Distinct Groups

  Genetic data from frozen hairs show two genetically distinct groups of woolly mammoths.

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  Gunk in T. Rex Fossil Confirms Dino-Bird Lineage

  T. rex shares a family branch with chickens and ostriches.

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  Ancient Elephants Loved Water

  Early elephants lived partially in water.

• What is the Longest-Living Animal?

  The animal with the most birthdays goes to ...

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  Strange New Creature: Giant Shrew or Tiny Elephant?

  A new furry mammal was caught on film in the forests of Tanzania.

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  Elephants Slaughtered along 'Highways of Death'

  Roads penetrating into the heart of Africa’s jungles are making it easier for ivory poachers to kill large numbers of forest elephants, a new study finds.

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  Elephants Know Good People from Bad

  Elephants can apparently smell and see which humans might be out to get them.

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  Elephants Run From Bees

  The goliaths run at the sound of a buzzing swarm.

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  Elephants Get Photo IDs

  Scientists take elephant portraits in hopes of saving them.

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  Seals Wired to Collect Deep-Sea Data

  Elephant seals equipped with sensors are doing deep-sea research.

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  Humans Had Help Finishing Off Woolly Mammoths

  Woolly mammoth's genes played a role in their extinction.

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  Scientists Scramble to Save Elephants as Black Market Ivory Trade Soars

  The illegal trade in elephant ivory is growing, but new research points to the origins of trafficked tusks and a plan to prevent African pachyderm extinction.

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  10 Amazing Things You Didn't Know about Animals

  Myths and mysteries make the fascinating, but even odd creatures ought to be understood. We explore a few recent findings, common misconceptions and amazing adaptations. - Ben Mauk

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  'Missing Link' of Elephant Family Unearthed

  A 27-million-year-old fossil could be the “missing link� between modern elephants and their ancestors, conclude scientists.

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  Elephant Self-Awareness Mirrors Humans

  Elephants can recognize themselves in a mirror, joining only humans, apes and dolphins as animals that possess this kind of self-awareness, researchers now report.

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  100 Slaughtered Elephants Found in Africa

  A team of conservationists found 100 slaughtered elephants near Zakouma National Park, Chad, one of the most undamaged wilderness areas in Africa.

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  Elephants Do Run, Study Concludes

  Bouncing their legs like pogo sticks, elephants at high speeds are considered to be running.